The Ministry of Health has issued an alert on the outbreak of yellow fever at the West Gonja district in the Northern region.The action comes after three people were confirmed dead of the disease in the area.Several cases of the deadly disease have been recorded in the West Gonja district over the past weeks.Already, the […]
Three persons have petitioned the CID of the Ghana Police Service to commence criminal investigation into allegation of “forgery against Dr Mahamudu Bawumia” and two other New Patriotic Party (NPP) stalwarts.The other two are NPP Director of Elections Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah and the party’s 2016 campaign manager, Peter Mac Manu.The three petitioners are Amos
Traders at the Kumasi Central Market whose goods were destroyed by Wednesday night’s fire outbreak have been counting their losses. About 200 shops were razed down by fire which was said to have started around 8:30pm fire personnel managed control the fire at night but only were able to completely put it out around 8am Thursday.
Several shops at the Kumasi Central market in the Ashanti Region were gutted by fire on Wednesday night with items and wares running into several thousands of cedis completely burnt.The cause of the fire is not immediately known but an eyewitness told ghnewsnow that it started around 8:30pm with the yam sellers section of the market
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has requested the management of Boss FM to furnish it with the recordings of its Tuesday, January 5, 2015 morning show during which an NDC activist claimed that the party had stockpiled enough weapons to deal with any trouble maker. During the show, Robert Owusu, a former NDC Youth Organiser for
Ghanaian actor and television personality David Ato Dontoh has revealed that he was almost appointed a minister under the era of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC).According to him, former President Jerry John Rawlings who was the leader of the PNDC on several occasions sent for him to offer him a ministerial appointment in his
A thirty-five-year old farmer of Loloto village near Salaga in the Northern Region has been sentenced to death by hanging. The Tamale High court handed the death Nayikami Lar who was found guilty of the charge of murder of his step mother whom she accused of retrogressing his progress with witchcraft. The Jury that heard
Ghanaians have been fighting attempts at the imposition of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), by the Biotech industry and The Gates Foundation 1, into their food system for the last few years, including by taking the Government to Court on the issue. 2 The public GMO debate has mainly focused on health and the environment, but
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded the immediate arrest of opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) running mate Dr. Mahmoud Bawumia for allegedly falsifying information about the Togolese voters’ register, as a basis to demand a replacement of Ghana’s electoral roll.Dr. Bawumia, last year led a relentless NPP onslaught on the Electoral Commission (EC),
Residents of Lambussie-Karni District in the Upper West Region have been compelled to travel farther distances to seek health care as healthcare delivery in the district is gradually grinding to a halt. This is because Medical Doctors continue to reject postings to the area with the excuse that the district is remote and lacks basic
